President Trump has nominated former Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

The BLM manages federal lands and sets policy for energy production, grazing and recreation upon them.

Pearce unsuccessfully ran to be New Mexico’s governor in 2018. In the House, he served on the House Natural Resources committee, which oversees the agency he may now run.

Pearce’s nomination comes several months after Trump’s........

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